Enemies of Syria Plan Escalated Aggression
Friends of Syria” meeting in Doha: 110 no-shows out of 121 members
by Stephen Lendman
So-called “Friends of Syria” are their worst enemies. They’re a rogue’s gallery of scoundrels. They’re complicit with Washington’s imperium. They violate core international law principles.
Press TV – June 22, 2013
The US special representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan has arrived in Qatari capital city of Doha to hold controversial peace talks with the Taliban militants.
James Dobbins, the US envoy in charge of nascent dialogue with the group, arrived in Doha on Saturday after the militants opened an office in the Persian Gulf Arab monarchy.
Al-Akhbar | June 22, 2013
Qatar’s prime minister said on Saturday the only way to resolve the civil war in Syria was to arm rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad.
“Force is necessary to achieve justice. And the provision of weapons is the only way to achieve peace in Syria’s case,” Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani told ministers from Western and Arab states who support the Islamist rebels determined to overthrow the Syrian government.
By Franklin Lamb | Al-Manar | May 28, 2013
Beirut – Under withering pressure from Washington and the UK, the European Union met this week to decide whether to increase the pressure on the Syrian public by repealing the March 2011 arms embargo that was intended to prohibit arms shipments to Syria and whether or not to continue economic sanctions against the Syrian public.
Press TV – May 26, 2013
Tehran has criticized Secretary of State John Kerry and other US officials for their interfering remarks about Iran’s upcoming presidential election.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Saturday that according to the Algiers Accords, the United States has agreed not to meddle in Iran’s internal affairs.
The United States’ support of democracy is just a subterfuge and is all a show, he added.
Car bomb or multiple bombs have exploded in a Turkish/Syrian border town.And the spinning has begun....3 hours ago: 40 dead in Turkey car bombings near SyriaPeople gather at the site of a blast which killed and injured a number of people in Reyhanli, near Turkey's border with Syria, Saturday, May 11, 2013.
MEMO | May 9, 2013
As Israeli justice minister, Tzipi Livni, met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome on Wednesday, the Israel Civil Administration approved a plan to build 296 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Beit El; an Israeli newspaper reported.
There will likely be updates to this post. Just wanted to get this story up, because it didn't seem to get much coverageThe media is calling it 'arab backed' however it looks as if Qatar was the instigator..On their own? Or at the behest of another player?
